Not a Chick

The Windwalker was a little smaller than when I first encountered it, no, quite a bit smaller, but it still looked big to me.

I carefully stroked the Windwalker’s head.

“Ppyaaaaak!”

As if it felt good from my touch, the guy raised its head high into the sky and let out another loud cry.

I quickly climbed onto its back.

The backs of those summoned as mounts basically had saddles attached.

It’s a different riding experience from warhorses and wolves.

The moment I put my foot in the stirrup, the Windwalker began to flap its wings.

The huge blue wings spread wide to the left and right created a strange wind, and it gradually began to rise into the air.

“Oh.”

It wasn’t too difficult to maintain my center of gravity.

There was less shaking than running on rough ground. It was actually more stable than riding a horse or wolf.

It was the moment I gently pulled the reins.

The Windwalker, floating in the air, kicked the air with its legs.

The Windwalker began to walk in the sky, just like its name.

Slowly, according to its name, it moved forward, using the wind as a stepping stone.

It was a completely different feeling from flying with a flight skill.

I blankly opened my mouth and looked down at my surroundings.

The duration of the flight skill is short. Even then, I only briefly floated up and sank down, so I didn’t have much time to look down from a high place.

But it was different now. I could fly freely anywhere I wanted, maintaining this high altitude.

“Let’s go!”

It was similar to controlling a horse or wolf. When I slightly moved my feet to touch its belly, it began to increase its speed.

A strong wind brushes past my cheeks. The widely spread clouds also brush past my body and disappear.

The Windwalker was able to reach a very fast speed, befitting its nickname as the ruler of the sky.

Shwaaaa-!

As we passed right above the tree, the branches shook greatly from the wind blowing from the Windwalker’s wings.

Leaving behind the leaves scattering in all directions, I continued to fly through the sky.

[Hey. Aren’t you going to school?]

At that moment, a familiar voice was heard.

It was a voice heard from outside the game, not inside the game. It was Harang.

I quickly checked the time in the game.

The time was pointing to 7:30.

***

Thanks to Harang, I was able to arrive at school safely without getting scolded by my mom.

I rubbed my tired eyes and closed them.

Even now, I felt like I was floating in the sky.

The great sense of liberation that the Windwalker gave me came as a tremendous pleasure.

Is this what it feels like to rule the sky?

While enjoying the feeling of flying with my eyes closed, a familiar presence approached.

I could tell without looking. It was Sohee.

“Hi, Sohee-ya.”

“… You knew?”

“Yeah.”

I still had my eyes closed.

I still felt like I was flying in the sky. A white burning pain in my head was recreating that sensation in reality.

“You look like you’re in a good mood.”

“Yeah, I’m flying in the sky.”

“The sky…?”

“Yeah.”

“You didn’t eat anything weird, did you?”

“I haven’t eaten anything except for this morning?”

Weird things, Sohee was the only one who fed me something.

I held out my hand to Sohee. It was time to receive my daily dose of chewy-squishy-cow candy.

“Give it to me.”

But no matter how long I waited, the chewy-squishy-cow candy didn’t come up on my hand.

I carefully opened my eyes.

Visual information is recognized by the brain. Not the sky, but the scenery of an ordinary classroom.

The moment I recognized that fact, the feeling of flying in the sky disappeared in an instant.

“Ah-“

A sigh full of regret flowed from my mouth.

“You were playing games until this morning again?”

“Yeah.”

“Then it’s not good for your health.”

“It’s okay. I know my body well.”

“Your skin will get damaged too.”

“It’s fine?”

At Sohee’s words, I poked my cheek with my finger.

My soft and smooth skin was still the same.

Sohee reached out and rubbed my cheeks, as if she needed to confirm that what I said was true.

“How long are you going to touch me?”

“Hmm…”

Eventually, Sohee went back to her seat when the class bell rang.

I received four chewy-squishy-cow candies that day.

***

Flying through the sky on the Windwalker was really fun.

But I hadn’t forgotten about leveling up.

“Ppiyaaaaaak!”

With the Windwalker’s rough roar, I fell to the ground and swung my sword.

The magic power extending from the large blade successfully cut off the monster’s neck.

Seogeok-!

The Windwalker’s true speed comes from flying.

The Windwalker, which landed on the ground, showed a very slow speed.

“Yap!”

I jumped off the Windwalker’s back and swung my sword. It was to sweep away the monsters gathered in one place at once.

[Whirlwind]

The moment I activated the skill, my body began to rotate, and red blood energy bloomed.

Seugagagak!

Like the saw blades of a mixer rotating, I rotated relentlessly and ground the surrounding monsters.

As the rotation was coming to an end, my gaze quickly scanned the surroundings.

I arrived just in time. The monsters were just starting to respawn and fill the space.

“Come out!”

No matter how fast the Windwalker is in the air, it couldn’t beat a wolf on the ground.

When I stretched out my arms and legs, the Windwalker was unsummoned and a wolf popped out of the magic circle.

“Eureurang!”

The wolf that appeared let out a very threatening roar.

It looked more aggressive than before.

I climbed onto its back and shouted.

“Let’s go!”

Tadak- Tadak- Tadak-

I moved as if I had become one with the wolf.

The rapidly running wolf momentarily accelerated when dodging the monsters’ attacks, quickly escaping the range.

Kwajik! Chwaak! Seogeok-!

I move quickly and swing my sword to deal with the monsters.

Humanoid general monsters could be hunted quickly without special skills.

When I swung my sword with the wolf passing by, the monster’s neck was cut off without fail.

Chwaak-!

The moment I cut off the last monster’s neck, a strange item entered my inventory.

[Suspicious Book]

A book that came from another world.

It is written in the language of another world and cannot be deciphered.

It was a really suspicious item, just like its name.

I had dealt with so many monsters from other worlds, but this was the first time this item had dropped.

It meant that the drop rate was quite low.

Just in case, I checked if there were any items like this registered on the auction house.

There were 5 books registered in the auction house.

There was no average successful bid price, and the registered prices were also different.

It seemed that the usage of this item had not yet been revealed.

I nodded and shoved the item into a corner of my inventory.

It’s only been two days since the new expansion pack was released.

The information that could be obtained was very limited.

Was it because I got the Windwalker? Subquest clearing accelerated.

I flew through the sky and freely traveled between cities.

If it wasn’t easy to fly in the sky, I rode the wolf and ran.

It was only natural that a huge gap would open up with users who didn’t have riding skills.

Helena-[Yeona.]

Yeon-[Huh?]

Helena-[Where did you get that blue bird?]

Helena began to show interest in my Windwalker.

I had been waiting for her to ask since I felt her intense gaze from the moment I ran into her in the village.

I kindly told Helena all the information.

Which subquests to start, and how to catch it.

Helena-[Thanks]

Yeon-[But I don’t know how many hours the respawn time is.]

Helena became silent after saying that.

How much time had passed?

It was when the main quest was unlocked because the Elves’ favorability had increased due to the clearing of repetitive subquests.

A huge shadow swooshed in front of my eyes-!

Then, along with the wind, it landed right in front of me.

“Heok…”

It was Helena who appeared in front of me.

Riding a huge Windwalker, too.

“I caught it too. The same one as Yeon-nim.”

I lowered my gaze.

It was to examine the Windwalker I was riding.

“Ppiyaak!”

The Windwalker spread its wings and let out a threatening roar.

It seemed that it didn’t like the other guy that appeared in front of it.

In response, Helena’s Windwalker also responded with a roar.

“Kkieeeeek!”

But the roar stopped in the middle.

It was because Helena, who was riding on top, hit the guy’s head with her staff.

With a short “Tong-!” sound, the huge Windwalker became docile.

Suddenly, I looked around.

Besides Helena and me, there were quite a few people who had tamed griffons.

But Helena and I were the only ones riding griffons with blue feathers.

“Hmm…”

As expected, since I was riding a unique mount that was different from others, everyone was sending envious glances.

I slightly raised my chin and made an arrogant expression.

“Are those the same kind?”

“The size difference is about 2 times, aren’t those a mom griffon and a baby griffon?”

“Did you hear the cry just now? It’s saying ppiyak?”

“The Blood Demon King-nim is riding a chick!!!”

As expected, it seemed like a bad idea to stand with someone who could be compared to.

I glared at the user who had poured insulting words at my Windwalker and said.

“It’s not a chick, you know?”

To think this looks like a chick, they must be out of their minds.

I unsummoned the Windwalker and ran into the large temple in the city.

“I’m going to do a quest.”

“Ah, Yeona…”

“Blood Demon King-nim, don’t run away!”

Blood Demon King-nim, how long will that nickname follow me?

It was just a youthful folly.

I bit my lip and turned my head.

Helena looked like she was about to approach me with a regretful look, but she couldn’t enter the temple because she didn’t have enough favorability.

It was the moment I entered the temple.

An intro video popped up in front of my eyes.

But-

I had one habit.

The habit of pressing the skip button whenever I saw it.

Tak-

When I slightly moved my transparent finger to touch the skip button, the quest intro video disappeared in an instant.

“Oh-“

In the deepest part of the temple, there was a queen sitting on a large jade throne, and elf elders lined up around her.

The elders started saying something to me, but I didn’t care.

My gaze was fixed above the queen’s head.

[Elf Queen Friederi]

What floated above the queen’s head was a yellow exclamation mark indicating the main quest.

It was the moment when the interrupted main quest started again.